{"id":17202,"date":"2015-07-05T02:21:17","date_gmt":"2015-07-05T02:21:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=17202"},"modified":"2015-07-05T02:22:02","modified_gmt":"2015-07-05T02:22:02","slug":"girl-killed-by-leaping-sturgeon-on-the-suwannee-river","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=17202","title":{"rendered":"Girl Killed By Leaping Sturgeon On The Suwannee River"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 class=\"title\">Leaping Sturgeon Kills Girl In Boat On Florida River<\/h1>\n<div id=\"attachment_17203\" style=\"width: 522px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/p504835806-3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-17203\" class=\"wp-image-17203 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/p504835806-3.jpg\" alt=\"p504835806-3\" width=\"512\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/p504835806-3.jpg 512w, https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/p504835806-3-300x264.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-17203\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Leaping Gulf Sturgeon on the Swuannee River at Manatee Springs State Park \u00a9 Charles F. Littlewood<\/p><\/div>\n<p>LAKE CITY, Fla. (AP) \u2014 A 5-year-old Florida girl riding in a boat has died after a sturgeon leaped from the Suwannee River and struck her.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Wildlife officials said Jaylon Rippy died after being struck Thursday night. Her mother and 9-year-old brother were also injured and taken to a Gainesville hospital. Their condition was not known.<\/p>\n<p>Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission said this is the first fatality recorded from a sturgeon strike on the Suwannee River. Four people have been injured by jumping sturgeon this year.<\/p>\n<p>The fish are known for leaping more than 7 feet above the water. They can grow up to 8 feet long and weigh up to 200 pounds and can cause serious injuries.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Leaping Sturgeon Kills Girl In Boat On Florida River LAKE CITY, Fla. (AP) \u2014 A 5-year-old Florida girl riding in a boat has died after a sturgeon leaped from the Suwannee River and struck her.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17202","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17202","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=17202"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17202\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=17202"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=17202"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=17202"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}